# 獣

| 獣 | U+7363, &#29539; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7363 |
| ← 獢 [U+7362] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 獤 → [U+7364] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 獸 |
| Shinjitai | 獣 |
| Simplified | 兽 |

### Han character

獣 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火口戈大 (FRIK), composition ⿰⿱畄𠮛犬)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 719, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20714
* Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1369, character 7
* Unihan data for U+7363

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 獣 |
| Kyūjitai | 獸 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 獸)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゅ (shu)
* Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
* Kan’yō-on: じゅう (jū, Jōyō)
* Kun: けもの (kemono, 獣, Jōyō)、けだもの (kedamono, 獣)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 獣
* けだもの Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 獸 (kyūjitai)
Literally "thing of hair". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) +‎ だ (da, genitive marker) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”). Medial -da- is a very rare genitive marker found in compounds, also seen in 果物 (kudamono, “fruit”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) けだもの [kèdámónó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ke̞da̠mo̞no̞]

#### Noun

獣(けだもの) • (kedamono)
* an animal covered in fur, a beast
** 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi, page 6 (back):獸 ケタモノ(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 獣
* けもの Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 獸 (kyūjitai)
Literally "hair thing". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) けもの [kèmónó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ke̞mo̞no̞]

#### Noun

獣(けもの) • (kemono)
* an animal covered in fur, a beast
** 1999 February 4, “ダーク・グレイ [Dark Gray]”, in Vol.1, Konami:
    からだが灰(はい)色(いろ)のけもの。あまり見(み)かけない貴(き)重(ちょう)ないきもの。
       Karada ga haīro no kemono. Amari mikakenai kichō na ikimono.
       A beast with a gray body. It is a rarely seen treasure of nature.
** 1999 July 5, “モン・ラーバス [Mon Larvas]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:
    ラーバスがより進(しん)化(か)したけもの。力(ちから)がパワーアップしている。
       Rābasu ga yori shinka shita kemono. Chikara ga pawā-appu shite iru.
       A beast who evolved from Larvas and is now even more powerful.

##### Derived terms

* 獣(けもの)耳(みみ) (kemonomimi): kemonomimi
* 獣(けもの)道(みち) (kemonomichi)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 獣
* しし Grade: S
* irregular
* Alternative spellings
* 獸 (kyūjitai) 鹿 猪
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. From Proto-Japonic *sisi. Cognate with 肉 (shishi, “meat of a beast”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しし [shíꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɕiɕi]

#### Noun

獣(しし) • (shishi)
* (archaic) a beast (used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)
* (slang) a female attendant at a bathhouse or hot spring
* (slang, archaic) a female prostitute at a bathhouse or hot spring
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:娼婦

##### Idioms

* 獣(しし)食(く)った報(むく)い (shishi kutta mukui)

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 獣
* じゅう Grade: S
* kan'yōon
* Alternative spelling
* 獸 (kyūjitai)
/siu/ → /ɕiu/ → /d͡ʑiu/ → /d͡ʑuː/
From Middle Chinese 獸 / 兽 (syuw$^H$, “(wild) animal”). Compare modern Mandarin reading shòu, Min Nan siù.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じゅう [júꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [d͡ʑɨː]

#### Noun

獣(じゅう) • (jū)
* beast

##### Derived terms

* 一(いっ)角(かく)獣(じゅう) (ikkakujū): a unicorn
* 益(えき)獣(じゅう) (ekijū): beneficial animal
* 怪(かい)獣(じゅう) (kaijū): a monster (generally a big animal monster, like Godzilla or Mothra)
* 害(がい)獣(じゅう) (gaijū): harmful animal
* 麝(じゃ)香(こう)獣(じゅう) (jakōjū): moschiferous animal (musk deer, civet, etc)
* 獣(じゅう)医(い) (jūi): a veterinarian
* 獣(じゅう)姦(かん) (jūkan): bestiality (sexual activity)
* 尾(び)獣(じゅう) (bijū): tailed beast
* 雷(らい)獣(じゅう) (raijū): a thunder beast

##### Idioms

* 獣(じゅう)を逐(お)う者(もの)は目(め)に太(たい)山(ざん)を見(み)ず (jū o ou mono wa me ni taizan o mizu)

### References

* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 “獣・猪・鹿”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
   * Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.